Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York: Holland ...

3. Resolution of the States-General, referring the foregoing letter to a committee, &c.,

6. Letter of Ambassador Van Gogh to Secretary Ruysch, respecting New Netherland, &c.,.

Answer of the King of Great Britain to the French Ambassadors, as mediators, respecting the differ-

ences between England and the United Provinces, &c.,...

10. Resolution of the States-General, referring the foregoing documents to a committee, &c.,

23. Resolution of the States of Holland, &c., upon the foregoing documents, &c.,.

30. Resolution of the States-General to write to the East and West India Companies on the subject of the

above documents, &c., .......

August 16. Letter of Ambassador Van Beuningen to Secretary Ruysch, respecting the French mediation,
August 17. Letter of Ambassador Van Beuningen to Secretary Ruysch, on same subject,.....

Proposition made on the part of the King of France to the King of England, regarding the differences
with the Dutch....

August 20. Secret resolution of the States-General upon the foregoing letters of M. Van Beuningen,...

August 26. Resolution of the Common Council of Amsterdam, that the inhabitants of the city's Colonie be admit-

ted to the "Burger Recht" of that city,.....

August 28. Resolution of the States of Holland, &c., upon the foregoing letters of Ambassador Van Beuningen,..

August 29. Answer of the King of England to the proposition of the King of France,......

29. Resolution of the States-General upon the preceding resolution of the States of Holland, &c.,.... ..

September 1. Resolution of the States-General upon the report of their committee of conference with the East and

West India Companies, &c.,... ..

September 27. Letter of Ambassador Van Gogh to Secretary Ruysch, respecting New Netherland affairs, &c.,.

October 7. Letter of Ambassador Van Gogh to Secretary Ruysch, upon the same subject,....

October 16. Letter of the West India Company to the States-General, announcing the arrival at the Hague of Peter

Stuyvesant, formerly Director of New Netherland,...

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October 16. Resolution of the States-General, ordering Mr. Stuyvesant to make his report in writing, &c., ...

October 19. Report of the Honorable Peter Stuyvesant, late Director-General of New Netherland, on the causes

which led to the surrender of that country to the English,..

8. Letter of Director Stuyvesant to the officers at Fort Orange,.

14. Answer of the officers at Fort Orange to Director Stuyvesant,
29. Letter of Director Stuyvesant to the officers at Fort Orange,.

September 3. Answer of the officers of Fort Orange thereto,

1665.

October 12. Certificate of Herman Martensen van den Bosch and Dirk Looten,.....
1664.

. February 17. Letter of the Magistrates of Amersfoort, Breuckelen, and the other Dutch towns on Long Island, to

the Director and Council,..

May

9. Extract of a letter from Mr. Cornelis van Ruyven to the West India Company,.

October 19. Resolution of the States-General referring the foregoing documents to a committee, &c.,.

December 19. Resolution of the States-General to send the report of the above committee to the West India

Company, &c.,

377

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378

December 19. Resolution of the States-General referring the petition of Mr. Stuyvesant, for his passport to return

to New Netherland, to the West India Company,.

December 19. Letter of the States-General to the Chamber at Amsterdam, thereupon,.

December 31. Rejoinder of the States-General to Sir George Downing's reply of the 17th April, 1665,.

Extract from the Journal of the Dutch Deputies to Boston,....

December.

September 29. Letter of Messrs. Willet and Baxter, respecting the negotiation of the Treaty at Hartford,....

26. Journal kept by Messrs. Van Ruyven, Van Cortlant and Laurence, delegates to the General Assembly

• October

at Hartford,....

Record of the proceedings with Captain John Scott on Long Island:

384

385

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Letter of Captain John Scott to the Honorable Peter Stuyvesant, "General of the Dutch on the

Manhattans,"

393

January 11. Report of the Dutch Commissioners sent to discover Captain Scott's object,.....

January 11. Letter of Director Stuyvesant to Captain John Scott, calling for his commission,.

394

395

Letter of Director Stuyvesant to Captain John Scott, informing him that the Dutch Commissioners will

meet him,....

January 12. Commission issued to Messrs. Van Ruyven, Van Cortlant, Steenwyck and Lawrence, to treat with

Captains Scott and Young,....

Letter of Director Stuyvesant and Council to Captain John Scott, by the aforesaid Commissioners,

January 14. Memorandum of instructions for the aforesaid Commissioners,

January 15. Report of the aforesaid Commissioners,....

Remonstrance of the Magistrates of Amersfoort, Breuckelen, Midwout and Utrecht, to the Director

and Council of New Netherland, ........... ...

September. Extract of the proclamation distributed among the Dutch by the English Commissioners,.

September 9. Journal of the principal events which occurred in the attack on and reduction of New Netherland,...

September 2. Letter of Director Stuyvesant to Colonel Richard Nicols, in support of the Dutch Title to New

Netherland,

1665.

December 31. Resolution of the States-General, approving of the draft of the rejoinder to Sir George Downing, and
ordering it to be printed,.....

December 4. Letter of Ambassador Van Gogh to Secretary Ruysch,...

Sundry affidavits and letters, respecting the violent proceedings of Captain Scott and the English on

Long Island, and elsewhere, .......

Propositions made by the French Ambassadors at London, as mediators, &c., respecting the cession of

New Netherland, &c.,.... ...

419

1666.

April

January 11. Letter of the West India Company to the States-General (inclosing),......

January 1. Observations of the West India Company on the report of Ex-Director Stuyvesant,.

January 12. Resolution of the States-General, referring the foregoing documents to their committee, &c.,.

2. Memorial of Ex-Director Stuyvesant to the States General, praying for a copy of the observations, &c.,

2. Resolution of the States-General referring the foregoing memorial and accompanying papers to their

17. Resolution of the States-General, ordering copy of the observations of the West India Company to be

given to Ex-director Stuyvesant, &c.,....

October 29. Answer of Ex-Director Stuyvesant to the observations of the West India Company,.
October 29. Memorial of Ex-Director Stuyvesant to the States-General, praying that the documents and answer
submitted by him to the States-General may be considered sufficient for his justification, &c., and
that he be permitted to return to New Netherland,........

October 29. Resolution of the States-General. referring the foregoing documents,.

Letter of Ex-Director Stuyvesant to the Chamber at Amsterdam, with a copy of his answer, and a
minute of the Directors' reply referring him to Mr. De Witt, Grand Pensionary,....

General account of powder received and expended in New Netherland, from 1661 to 1664,

August 17. Letter of Mr. Cornelis van Ruyven to Ex-Director Stuyvesant, expressive of the sense he entertains of
his services, and regretting the persecution to which he is subjected,....
August 17. Declaration of Messrs. Van Ruyven and Bayard, respecting the efforts made by Mr. Stuyvesant to
obtain provisions in New England,...

Declaration of Ægidius Luyck and others, that there was not powder enough to defend Fort Amsterdam,

Sundry other papers showing the efforts made to obtain provisions, and the weakness of Fort Amster-

dam, previous to the coming of the English,.......

474

November 2. Remonstrance of the Burgomasters and Schepens of New Amsterdam, and of the Delegates of the

adjoining Dutch towns, to the Directors of the West India Company Chamber at Amsterdam,..........

Jan'y, Feb'y. Divers declarations respecting the violent conduct of Captain John Scott on Long Island,.

November 10. Letter of Director Stuyvesant to the Chamber at Amsterdam, on the low condition of New Netherland;

477

480

"it is wholly out of our power to keep the sinking ship afloat any longer,"

484

1667.

9. Resolution of the States-General, referring to a committee the memorial of Frederick Richel to be

allowed to import tobacco from New Netherland, &c.,....

12. Reply of the Directors of the West India Company to the answer of Ex-Director Stuyvesant,

489

504

June 10. Extract of a letter from the Director, &c., of New Netherland, to the West India Company,

September 16. Extract of a letter from the Director, &c., of New Netherland, to the West India Company,.

June 10. Extract of a letter from the Director, &c., of New Netherland, to the West India Company,

August 4. Extract of a letter from the Director, &c., of New Netherland, to the West India Company,.

September 16. Extract of a letter from the Director, &c., of New Netherland, to the West India Company,.

November 10. Extract of a letter from the Director, &c., of New Netherland, to the West India Company,. ...

February 29. Extract of a letter from the Director, &c., of New Netherland, to the West India Company,. .... ....

January 15. Extract from what has passed with Captain John Scott, respecting the Duke of York's claim to Long

Island, &c.,.

November 10. Requisition for warlike stores for New Netherland, &c.,..

4. Declaration of Herman Martens van der Bosch, and Evert Williamsen Munnick, sergeants in the

service of the West India Company, respecting the circumstances of the surrender of New

Netherland to the English, &c.,. .. ...

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508

12. Petition of Ex-Director Stuyvesant to the committee of the States-General, &c., praying that the

reply of the West India Company may be communicated to him, &c.,. . ....

3. Memorial of the Directors of the West India Company to the States-General, praying their High
Mightinesses to insist on the restitution of New Netherland by England, &c.,.

Memorial of the merchants and ship owners trading to Africa and America, upon the subject of the loss

of New Netherland, its restitution, &c.,.....

25. Resolution of the States-General referring the documents relating to the proposed treaty of peace with

Great Britain, to their committee, &c.,.

514

25. Resolution of the States of Holland and West Friesland upon the above papers,..

514

April

2. Further resolution of the States of Holland, &c., upon the subject of the above papers, &c.,. ....

19. Letter of the States of Utrecht to their deputies to the States-General, in relation to the case of Mr.

Van der Capelle, &c.,.

515

Instruction to the Dutch Plenipotentiaries at Breda, respecting the cession of New Netherland,.

5. Resolution of the States-General referring the documents delivered by the deputies from Utrecht

to their committee, &c.,. .. ...

25. Letter of Commissary Bourse to the States-General, about the capture of several English ships in

Virginia by Commander Crynssens, &c.,......

518

August 30. Resolution of the States-General to refer the above letter to the Admiralty in Zealand, &c.,..... ..........

August 30. Letter of the States-General to the Board of Admiralty at Zealand, thereupon,..

October 1. Resolution of the States-General on the report of their committee respecting the capture of the

English ships in Virginia,.....

518

519

October 12. Resolution of the States-General to write again to the Admiralty of Zealand upon the foregoing subject,

October 12. Letter of the States-General to the Board of Admiralty at Zealand, thereupon,.

31. Resolution of the States-General thereupon, requiring a further answer of the Admiralty,

January 14. Letter of the Dutch Ambassadors at London to the States-General,.

10. Resolution of the States-General upon the memorial of the merchants trading to New Netherland,

523

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complaining of the proceedings of the West India Company, &c.,...

10. Letter of the States-General to the West India Company, thereupon,..

524

20. Answer of the Amsterdam Chamber of the West India Company to the States-General,

22. Resolution of the States-General referring the above letter to their committee, &c.,...........

525

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525

1673.

September 8. Letter of the Corporation of New Orange to the States-General,...
.October 24. Letter of the Board of Admiralty at Amsterdam to the States-General respecting the proceedings of
Commanders Evertsen and Benckes, in New Netherland, &c.,....

October 25. Resolution of the States-General upon the receipt of the foregoing letter,.

October 24. Letter of H. de Wildt, Secretary of the Board of Admiralty at Amsterdam, to Grand Pensionary Fagel,

respecting the re-conquest of New Netherland, &c.,..

25. Secret resolution of the States-General upon the foregoing letter, respecting the preservation of New

Netherland, &c., . . . . . . .

October 30. Resolution of the States-General referring divers memorials of merchants and ship owners, respecting

the preservation of New Netherland, to a secret committee, &c., ........

December 15. Secret resolution of the States-General, that the general direction of New Netherland, &c., be

entrusted to the Board of Admiralty at Amsterdam, and that Joris Andringa, now secretary of the

fleet, be appointed governor or commander thereof, &c.,.

December 19. Letter of the States-General to King Charles II., offering to give him back New Netherland,.

1674.

January 10. Letter of the Corporation of the city of New Orange to the States-General,...

January 18. Secret resolution of the States-General upon the subject of the proposed treaty of peace with

England, &c., respecting the surrender of New Netherland, &c.,.

January 24. Secret resolution of the States-General upon the report of their committee on foreign affairs, with draft

of a letter to King Charles II., offering to give up New Netherland, &c.,...

January 29. Secret resolution of the States-General upon the opinion and report of the Board of Admiralty at

Amsterdam, respecting the disposition of matters in New Netherland, &c.,.

January 31. Secret resolution of the States-General approving the foregoing report and opinion of 'the Admiralty,

and ordering copies to be sent to Joris Andringa, Governor of New Netherland, &c., ....

February 15. Secret resolution of the States-General, with extracts from the despatches of the Plenipotentiaries at

Cologne, concerning the restitution of New Netherland, &c.,

5. Resolution of the States-General referring the letters from the Corporation of New Orange to the

Admiralty, &c.,. .. ...

538

539

21. Resolution of the States-General, referring the above letter to a committee, &c.,.....

540

20. Letter of the Amsterdam Board of Admiralty to the States-General, on the same subject,.

April

Letter of a committee of New Netherland traders, to the Amsterdam Board of Admiralty,.

23. Resolution of the States-General referring the foregoing documents to a committee, &c.,.

28. Letter of the Zealand Board of Admiralty to the States-General, on the same subject, .

31. Letter of King Charles II. to the States-General respecting the restitution of New-York,..

5. Resolution of the States-General referring the letter from the Zealand Board of Admiralty to a

16. Letter of the States-General to King Charles II. in answer to his Majesty's communication,.

16. Letter of the States-General to the Council of Zealand, thereupon, .

16. Letter of the States-General to the Amsterdam Board of Admiralty,.

16. Letter of the States-General to their Ambassadors at London, thereupon,

16. Letter of the States-General to the Governor of New Netherland, thereupon,

27. Letter of Ambassador Van Reede to the States-General, .......... ............ ..

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4. Petition of the Patroon and Directors of the Colonie of Rensselaerswyck to the States-General, praying

that their interests may be favorably considered,..........

549

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1630.

Freedoms and exemptions granted by the Board of the XIX. of the West India Company to all those

who will plant Colonies in New Netherland,.....

2. Declaration of the West India Company, in favor of the proprietors of Rensselaerswyck,......

Petition of Jeremias van Rensselaer to Commanders Evertsen and Benckes for permission to continue

in the possession of his Colonie,

558

559

September 4. Order on preceding petition,

559

1674.

4. Resolution of the States-General referring the memorialists to the King of England, and instructing

their Ambassadors at London to second their application, &c.,.......

560

4. Letter of the States-General to their Ambassadors at London, accordingly,.

561

1. Letter of the Ambassadors at London to the States-General stating that Secretary Coventry had desired

that the West India Company should write to New Netherland, to second the orders of their High

Mightinesses respecting its evacuation,.

11. Resolution of the States-General to write to their Ambassadors at London respecting the evacuation of

New Netherland, &c., .... ....

565

14. Letter of the Amsterdam Chamber of the West India Company to the States-General, in reply to theirs

of June 5,.... ...

19. Letter of the Dutch Ambassadors at London to the States-General respecting the evacuation of New

Netherland, &c.,..........

567

25. Resolution of the States-General, thereupon,.

568

1673, 1674. Minutes of Council during the Administrations of Commanders Evertsen and Benckes, and of Anthony

Colve, Governor of New Netherland,.

569

1673.

12. Orders to sundry towns in New Yarsey,...

571

August 13. Orders to sundry towns on Long Island,

August 15. Nomination and oath of the municipal officers for the city of New Orange,

572

574

August 17. Proclamation altering the form of government in the city of New Orange,

August 18. Order respecting the towns situated at Aghter Coll, lately New Jersey,